USPS International Mail Consolidation Services

Virtual Global Services currently offers the following USPS services:

• International Priority Airmail™ (IPA)
• International Surface Airlift™ (ISAL)
• Global Bulk Economy (GBE)

Because Virtual Global Services is one of the largest USPS Postal Qualified Wholesalers, we receive the highest discounts possible - a savings we pass on to our customers.

International Priority Airmail ("IPA")

IPA is a priority airmail service specifically designed by the USPS for volume mailings. It is perfect for all types of time-sensitive mail including invoices, bank statements and small sample merchandise packages. IPA is offered worldwide with transit times of 3 to 7 days. The mail travels to the destination country via air and is then distributed within that country as priority mail.

More Info: http://www.usps.com/international/intlprioritymail.htm

International Surface Airlift ("ISAL")

ISAL is a bulk mailing system providing fast, economical delivery of publications, advertising mail, catalogs, directories, books or other printed matter. ISAL service is offered to 127 countries and carries average transit times of 7 to 14 days. The mail travels to the destination country via air and is then distributed within that country’s postal system as standard mail.

More Info: http://www.usps.com/international/intlsurfaceairlift.htm

Virtual Global Services International Mail Consolidation & International Direct-Entry Mail Services

In addition to the USPS services offered by Virtual Global Services, we have developed a worldwide network of trusted Postal Operators that allows us to offer more international mail distribution options with superior reliability and speed.

Priority First Class ("PFC")

A First Class alternative to the USPS’ IPA service, Virtual Global Services’s Priority First Class Airmail (PFC) is perfect for correspondence, invoices, checks, and letters. Transit times are 4 to 7 days.

Premium Printed Matter ("PPM")

PPM service is designed to provide substantial postage savings and an average delivery time of 7 to 14 days worldwide. It is perfect for mailing catalogs, promotional mail or other important business materials.

Economy Printed Matter ("EPM")

Similar to our Premium Printed Matter service, this mailing option takes advantage of surface services, providing you with the best postage savings available. Transit times for EPM are 7 to 30 days, making this service perfect for mailing less time-sensitive materials.

Business Reply Service

Virtual Global Services offers Business Reply Service for our customers' mail. This is a postage prepaid reply service to a P.O. Box.

More Info: http://www.usps.com/international/intlbusinessreply.htm

Return Mail Service

Generate more accurate mailings by using Virtual Global Services’s Return Mail Service. We will collect your returned mail, allowing you to see just why your mail is not reaching its recipient. Cleaner lists save time and money. Our Return Mail service ensures that your future mailings are efficient, productive, and cost effective.

Publications Service

Virtual Global Services’s Publications Services provide flexibility and time definite transit times to meet your mailing needs. We work within our worldwide network to ensure that your publications reach their destinations on time at our most competitive pricing options. These services offer multiple point posting and direct injection to ensure that transit times are achieved.

• irst Class Publications Service offers transit times averaging 3 to 7 days.
• Standard Publications Service offers transit times from 7 to 14 days

Canada Post Direct Entry Services

Depositing mail directly into Canada can save both time and money. Virtual Global Services offers Canada Post Lettermail, Admail and Publications Mail services.

Canada Lettermail

Lettermail is a first class service for letters, invoices, renewals and other financial statements. Average transit times for Lettermail are from 3 to 5 business days.

Canada Admail

Admail is a bulk mailing service for newsletters, product samples and promotional mail. All of the mail must have the same basic design, have the same physical characteristics, and must be in the same weight category. There must also be 1,000 or more items per mailing. There are two sortation options for Admail. National Distribution Guide (NDG) is the basic presort option, and Letter Carrier Presort (LCP) is the finest sort. Transit times for Admail range from 5 to 10 business days.

Canada Publications Mail

Canada Publications Mail is Canada Post’s mailing service for delivery of magazines, newspapers and commercial newsletters. This service offers transit times averaging 5 to 10 business days. To qualify for CPM delivery, your mail must:

• Be a newspaper, magazine or newsletter, or a bundle of them to a single address
• Contain news and information for dissemination to the public (i.e., not confidential or proprietary)
• Be published at least twice a year
• Have less than 70% advertising in at least half the issues mailed in

International Shipping Services:

Time & day definite services

• same day delivery
• next day delivery - also by specified morning times
• specified in 2 to 5 days

Express Import services

Optional extras

Insurance, priority handling or customized pick-up and delivery times

Time critical services

For an extremely urgent delivery of documents and packages, we will

• collect immediately
• deliver non-stop by the fastest means

That makes our Dedicated Express and Special Express services ideal for time critical needs.

Flexible services - meeting your needs

Air, road and sea freight

For large loads with special requirements we offer flexible freight services

Special handling services

We also offer our special handling service to meet your specific needs for delicate, high value items or dangerous items.

You may also be interested in our industry solutions. We provide flexible logistics solutions to our regular commercial customer. To find out about our general commercial and industry-specific services click here

Electronic shipping systems

Our suite of electronic shipping systems enables your business to integrate our services into your order processing, inventory management, and CRM systems. There is a product to suit:

• low, medium or high frequency shipping
• internal processes e.g. production line-to-dispatch
• integration with your website to provide a seamless service to your customers